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GOP's Top IT Expert Dies in Plane Crash

Michael Connell -- a principal internet strategists for the Republican party and former IT advisor to Karl Rove - crashed while piloting a small plane near the Akron-Canton Airport in Ohio.

Connell was the CEO of New Media Communications, a Republican web development and internet services firm responsible for running IT strategy of the Bush-Cheney 2000 and 2004 campaigns, as well as providing IT consulting for a number of other major GOP clients. According to Democracy Now, "Connell was deposed one day before the election this year" about his work on the 2004 presidential campaign.

Connell was instrumental in forging a number of high-profile IT and web projects for Republicans, including MajorityWhip.gov for Tom DeLay and Johnny Isakson, and GOP.gov -- an umbrella site for some of the most powerful Republican Congressional committees.

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